Joe Biden is closing in on Donald Trump in the race for the White House and, according to a New York Times poll, the two are almost tied

US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) are now practically tied in his race for the presidential election, when the Republican has a 46% advantage against the Democrat’s 45%, according to a poll released Saturday by The New York Times and Siena.

Regard an improvement for Biden cup from late February, when Trump had a more solid lead of 48% to the Democrat’s 43%.

The positive results of these polls are a further sign that the next presidential elections in November could be very close, as happened in the last two elections in the United States.

To conduct this poll, which has a margin of error plus or minus 3.3 percentage points, 1,059 registered American voters were interviewed between April 7 and 11.

The poll did not ask about possible other candidates, but about 5% volunteered the names of other politicians for whom they intended to vote, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Democrat-turned-independent and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy . .

The results of this poll show that Biden’s advance is due to his improved position among traditional Democratic voters, as he is winning over a larger percentage of citizens who supported him in 2020 than a month ago.

For his part, Trump had already secured the support of many more previous voters than the president, but that margin has shrunk.

Trump would now get the vote of 94% of his 2020 supporters and Biden 89% of his supporters from four years ago.

However, most voters think that Biden, 81, is too old and that Trump, 77, has committed serious federal crimes.

The investigation takes place shortly before historic criminal trial against Trump on charges of falsifying business records to cover up an affair with a porn actress that began Monday.

Campaign between the courts

Trump will move part of his presidential campaign this weekend to New York, where he faces a criminal trial on Monday for falsifying business records to cover up an affair with a porn actress, according to Axios. Trump is expected to attend the trial four days a week and use Thursdays and weekends – days when there will be no trial – for campaign events.

The criminal trial, the first faced by a former president in the history of the United States, It could last six to eight weeks.

Around the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse and Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, where Trump will remain during the trial, the NYPD will close off areas, increase security cameras and monitor social media to try to detect any threats, according to CNN .

Due to New York rules, the trial will not be televised, but there will be great media anticipation that will “camp out” both in front of Trump Tower and near the Manhattan Criminal Court.

According to Axios, his campaign will make comments to the media about the election while Trump is in court.

Will Trump testify?

At a news conference in Florida on Friday, Trump said he would testify at the trial, a trial he described as a “scam” and a “trap.”

“This is election interference by the Biden administration,” he told the press, again denying the allegation and repeating that this is election interference by the Biden administration. a witch hunt politics.

If Trump took the stand it would be another historic moment, but according to experts this is unlikely to happen, given that the president would have to answer a series of questions under oath.

New York prosecutors say the Republican intentionally withheld business documents to cover a $130,000 payment that Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer and right-hand man, made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the months before the industry mogul real estate was fired elected president in 2016.

Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness for the prosecution, said he made the payment at Trump’s direction.

Hope Hicks, Trump’s former White House assistant, is also expected to take a stand.

Source: EFE